Semiconductor strain and non linear scales

Dear,
it's not completely clear to me if it's possible to read semiconductor strain gauges with NI hardware?
Do I need special hardware or do I use a normal bridge circuit analog input card (eg NI 9237)?
An added problem with semiconductor strain gauges is the need for linearization of the output because the
basic resistance versus strain characteristic is nonlinear. Is this possible in LabView?
As far as I know, I can only create linear scales in Ni Max?
Thanks in advance,
Ronny Comyn
Belgium

Yes you can read strain gauges.
No, you dont need special hardware, but it makes things alot easier as signal levels are already adapted.
There's a Convert Strain Gauge Reading which you can read the help text about, depending on the bridge type it'll use different (some are non linear) conversions.
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